---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-090644"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUVL"
cik: "0001861560"
company_name: "Nuvalent, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T12:41:36.936927+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nuvalent appoints Anna Protopapas as independent Board Chair

## Summary
- Anna Protopapas elected as Class I director and Board Chair, effective March 30, 2022.
- Protopapas is independent under Nasdaq rules; no committee assignments at this time.
- Received initial option grant for 40,000 shares at $14.08 exercise price, vesting over three years.
- Compensation per non-employee director policy; also eligible for annual cash retainers and equity grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-090644
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUVL
- cik: 0001861560
- company_name: Nuvalent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861560/000119312522090644/0001193125-22-090644-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861560/000119312522090644/d332374d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-090644.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anna Protopapas was elected as Chairperson of the Board at Nuvalent, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: On March 30, 2022, in accordance with the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Nuvalent, Inc. (the “Company”), the Board elected Anna Protopapas as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1861560/000119312522090644/0001193125-22-090644-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.